calldll & threads

Robin Becker robin at jessikat.demon.co.uk
Mon Feb 7 12:46:30 EST 2000


In message <1262180615-3359410 at hypernet.com>, Gordon McMillan
<gmcm at hypernet.com> writes
>Robin Becker asks:
>
>> Is call dll totally thread safe/compatible? It seems from observation
>> that call backs seem to use only one thread context; anybody know if
>> that is true? 
>
>In July of 98, in response to a problem Christian was having, 
>Sam produced a patched calldll that used TLS storage so that 
>a callback would happen on the thread that started the trouble.
>
>I have no idea if that patch was incorporated in the 
>mainstream, or what's happened to it. However, Christian is a 
>well-known packrat ;-).
>
>
>- Gordon
thanks.
-- 
Robin Becker




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